BENJAMIN CRUMPLER Paradise Regained #18 | Acrylic, mixed media | 2021

“Floral images are a fascinating exaggeration of physical plant life...creative life forms are here to stay. For the purposes
of joy and the enlightenment of mankind. Paradise regained all that was created on planet earth, and it was pronounced good.
Despite the pollution of this planet and the invasion of concrete jungles; foliage and all of its companions are here to stay.

This series of recent paintings were not created on typical canvas. The painted surface is actually nylon. A very smooth
slippery surface. There are twenty one paintings in this series, nineteen of them are 48” x 100”. Images could easily
resemble tropical gardens anywhere in the world. Bright, translucent colors remind us of how wonderful our land-shapes
change in spring time. When everything is new, born again. And full of life and promise. Negative space is carefully
thought out. Especially in the foregrounds, and background. Always a bright sun to remind us of the season of change.”

-Benjamin Crumpler

Benjamin Crumpler, a native of Columbus, Ohio, studied art in high school and at the Columbus College of Art and Design.
After graduating, he worked briefly as a commercial artist. In 1986, he opened the Benjamin Marcus Gallerie in the Short
North in Columbus, Ohio, featuring alongside his own work, work of national and international artists.

Benjamin’s work is multifaceted. A new series of work would replace another in quick succession. With no rhyme or reason,
every surface becomes a remnant of some past adventure. Whether floral landscapes or geometric reliefs, the many series
that he has created represent a fragment of his imagination. Benjamin’s use of lines, angles and colors in his work are
spontaneous and rhythmic and his style is distinctive.

Benjamin states that his expressions are from life and rhythms inherited from long ago. He says, “It is a rare occurrence
when dreams and reality become the same, to make art as one was born to do and maintain life’s necessities at the same
time is truly fulfilling.”